This blog will mostly focus on the Illustrated books including Graphic Novels that I have in my collection that have been sketched, generally by the illustrator.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Greetings from the Simpsons: a Postcard Book

I thought I would start with one of my most recent acquisitions. This book is a postcard book produced by Matt Groening in 1990 (right at the height of the Simpsons' licensing craze). This example features a sketch by Groening on the inside back cover.

Author: Matt GroeningPublisher: HarperCollinsISBN: 0060965800Edition: 1990-11 First Edition with # line starting with 2 (probably a 2nd Printing but I'm not sure with this publisher).

Each page of the book is a different character postcard (that can be removed and posted). What makes the book interesting is the Matt Groening sketch on the back cover, inscribed "To Mike!!! Your Pal, Matt Groening 12-18-1990" which was fairly close to the date of publication.

About Me

I've been writing online about the things that interest me since about 1995 (back then I had 10 MB of free webspace on my internet provider) - I purchased my first domain, wildtoys.com in 1998, however the site actually started as part of my personal webspace via free provider around 1996. I'm very interested in Modern Design (Mid-Century is a particular favorite), the Space Race, movies and science fiction. I'm also an avid woodworker and vintage toy collection - especially Space Toys and Japanese Toys from the 70's and 80's (what we call Shogun Warriors in the US but what most of Asia refer to as Jumbo Machinders).

I have a number of websites and blogs - search by my name or handle, johnnyapollo